First Pool - Jumped in feet first
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sooooooooooooooo what difference does that make? SO glad it was so easy!
Change on plans. I'm gonna break out the whole pool deck, dig down a foot, bring in 3/4 crush for backfill and pour a fresh deck.
Will post pics in the next couple days!
Will post pics in the next couple days!
The more I'm looking at it, it just seems like the right thing to do.
The old deck has a crazy slop on it and I don't know if it's gonna keep sinking. There are a few spots where the deck has sunk and it's raised the deck closest to the pool. I would hate to be sitting back there in a few years regretting not pouring a fresh pad over a proper base.
What is this planning for the future thing?? LOL WELL DONE!! Get in and get it done RIGHT!!
You are MONSTER!!! WOW! Your poor shoulders, back, arms, ears, WHOLE body!! Well done and boy am I glad I only have to 
for this one!!!
for this one!!!
Thanks for the advise. Definitely gonna do this seeing I'm this far into this project! The possibilities are endless lol
The guy coming to do the concrete has talked me into some crazy ideas. Dark exposed aggregate around the pool with some glow in the dark pebbles stones mixed it and then doing the stamped concrete for the portion going up to the house. All one pour. Seeing the whole pool will have a channel drain around it, I think it will actually look pretty cool with the seperation.
What did you do with it? How many trips did it take to where ever it went?
That is FOR sure now!!!
How exposed with the aggregate be? Think about how often people sit on the edge of the pool. How will this feel on their bottom? Will it be small and VERY smooth aggregate? How dark? It will look neat but I want you to have a conversation with your concrete guy to make sure it will also have good function.
Where will the channel drain be? I am guessing between the two colors.
I LOVE when the coping is different than the main decking. To me it really highlights the pool. I can't wait to see his vision in action. Just make sure it has good function at the same time as being oh so pretty!
I borrowed a dump truck and dropped a load off at a free drop off site. It was an hour there and an hour back. Didn't make sense so I ended up renting a 5 yard bin for the rest. $300 for the bin and another $380 for a skid steer rental.
The edge of the pool will have a bullnose coping 12" wide. The exposed aggregate will just be the perimeter of the pool, approx 3 feet wide, minus the 1 foot coping.
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Our pool had 30 yr old exposed aggregate when we bought the house…and it was super painful to walk on barefoot. Over the years we think a lot of the binder material washed away and left a million sharp pebbles to press into the soles of the feet. We replaced it with stamped concrete a few years ago.
Maybe theres a way to do it so comfort isn’t an issue but its something to consider. talk to your concrete guy about it.
Maybe theres a way to do it so comfort isn’t an issue but its something to consider. talk to your concrete guy about it.
OUCH! That is a LOT of time used up! Nice to have a dump truck to borrow but man that eats up some time for sure! Good work getting the bin!
Ahhhhhhhhhh That is what I am talking about! LOVE me some bullnose coping! SO comfy on the legs!
I've been sick the past week and had to put things on hold, but back at it!
Had to speed the process up. Rented a 100lb pot sand blaster and sand blasted all the paint off the walls where the tile and coping will be.
Also bought a couple microbrites!
Core drilling tomorrow to run the lights!
Had to speed the process up. Rented a 100lb pot sand blaster and sand blasted all the paint off the walls where the tile and coping will be.
Also bought a couple microbrites!
Core drilling tomorrow to run the lights!
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Sorry to hear you were sick. Hope you are at 100% now. Good job on renting the sandblaster. Your body is also very happy you did as well!
Are you doing all this work yourself? Amazing effort so far and hope you feel better soon. This would cost tens of thousands of dollars to contract out - it will look amazing when you are finished. What are you doing with the interior of the pool?
For the most part everything is being done by myself. My brother in law has a concrete business so he will have a crew coming in to finish the concrete. Electrical work is also being done by a family member.
For the inside of the pool:
This year, 1 foot waterline tile and paint. Once the paint needs to be replaced, in gonna sand blast the inside and probably go with marblite or tiles. Still up in the air.